Obituaries

William Haynes Jr., 80, of Cleveland died Thursday, May 26, 2016, at his home. Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 4, 2016, at Riverside United Baptist Church in Rosedale with Rev. Emanuel Boone officiating.

Services for Tommie Simpson Morris were held Wednesday, June 1, 2016, at 10 a.m. at Friendship West Baptist Church in Friendship. Mrs. Morris, 82, died on Saturday, May 28, 2016, at her home in Drew. She was born on November 1, 1933, in Friendship, to the late Morris and…

Funeral services for Beth Mortimer Brister were at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 31, 2016, at Kilmichael Baptist Church. Burial followed in Bethlehem Methodist Church Cemetery near Kilmichael. Rev. Gary Jackson officiated the services.

Lovie Viola Cross, 90, formerly of Drew died Sunday, January 17 in Clarksdale. Visitation and funeral services will be held Saturday, January 23 from 10 a.m. until noon at Holly Grove M.B. Church, Drew with Apostle C.L. Cross officiating.

Graveside service for Dorothy Luella Mills Myers will be held Saturday, January 16, 2016, at 2 p.m. at Lehrton Cemetery in Ruleville. Mrs. Myers, 94, died on Thursday, January 14, 2016, at Clarksdale Nursing Center in Clarksdale.

Carolyn Archie Warner Hastings, 94, passed away January 13, 2016, at the North Mississippi Medical Center, Hospice in Tupelo. She was born June 8, 1921, in Hopkinsville, KY, to Archie and Clyde Warner. She was raised and educated in Louisville, KY, and in May of 1943 she graduated from the…